Allied Warships

USS Ruchamkin (APD 89)

High speed transport of the Crosley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHigh speed transport
ClassCrosley 
PennantAPD 89 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Feb 1944 
Launched15 Jun 1944 
Commissioned16 Sep 1945 
End service24 Nov 1967 
History

Laid down as the Rudderow class destroyer escort USS Ruchamkin (DE 228).
Decommissioned on 27 February 1946.
Recommissioned on 9 March 1951.
Decommissioned on 13 August 1957.
Recommissioned on 18 November 1961.
Decommissioned on 24 November 1967 an transferred to Colombia being renamed Cordoba (DT-15).
Stricken on 31 October 1977.

 

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